I picked Phoebe up from preschool today and…(gulp)…her little friend Zachary gave her a hug. THEN, he kissed her on the cheek! It was both very sweet, and very worrisome. Kissing. At 3? Honestly, I am not worried. Besides, after the school year is over, his family is moving out of state.
Defining the worth of a person
Something to ponder…
How do you define a person’s worth (someone else, not your own)?
Is it by the clothes they wear? The people they surround themselves with? The gifts they give? The home they live in? The job they have? Their bank balance? The acts and deeds they perform?
What do you do if this person is your friend? A colleague? A family member?
What if it is you that is being judged? Have you been told that you are not good enough for some thing, or some place? That you don’t have enough money to get in? Not the right look? Or that you don’t give the right gifts?
How do you handle situations the involve these nuances? Do you ignore it? Do you confront it? Do you just leave and never look back?
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Rollerskating
Last night, Alex had her first foray into the world of rollerskating…at a roller rink…for several hours…unchaperoned…with her giggly friends.
We dropped her off (not something I really wanted to do) at the door and waited until she saw her friends and was inside. She was armed with some money we gave her (it was free admission with her school id) for skate (roller blades) rental (and snackage) and Ray’s cell phone.
Meanwhile, the remaining three of us had dinner at Outback Steakhouse then hung out at the Borders Bookstore until it was time to pick Alex up. The bookstore is always a fun place. Particularly when there are two adults. One can browse the selections while the other follows the little one around and occasionally reading her selections to her (in the cool children’s section). Then we switch. I do not often get to browse a bookstore without chasing Phoebe down so this was a treat.
When we picked Alex and a friend of hers up, the truck got suddenly very noisy. The giggling! The laughing! The talking! Wow. I think I may need to issue a formal apology to my parents. (For all those years of chauffeuring me and my friends to the skating rinks.)
All in all, everyone had a pretty good evening. Alex had a blast, and I am sure that she will be wanting to go again.
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